Andy Warhol's Silver Screen: Rarities & Restorations

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Oct 13 2016 — Oct 30 2016

Description

Andy Warhol, best known as a painter and socialite, was also a brilliant and deeply influential filmmaker. His films often documented the “Warhol superstars,” a coterie of talky, tawdry-but-glamorous narcissists with extraordinary screen presence. Through his lifestyle and personality, Warhol indirectly anticipated many things about our present day. The rise of the non-celebrity celebrity (like his superstars). The platform of reality television. And YouTube, the publisher of personal “TV channels”.

Credits

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is grateful to the City of San Francisco for its ongoing support.

YBCA Programs in 16-17 are made possible in part by: The James Irvine Foundation

Additional Funding for YBCA Programs 16-17: National Endowment for the Arts, Adobe, Abundance Foundation, Gaia Fund, Grosvenor, and Members of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.